Blessings from above are needed.....

It started already early with the priest in the village coming to bless the restaurant, it's staff and guests for the season and a happy outcome. Guests watching, preps in the kitchen, the priest looking up to this master, the guest table instantly becoming a proper altar and peace entered all the minds of us being blessed this beautiful morning. Considering how big parts of the world are reacting to various elections taking place yesterday, we will all need his blessings and a lot, lot more..... 

FIXING COFFEE FOR EVERYONE.

CONTACT WITH UPSTAIRS.

8 PEOPLE AND ME.

A MAN OF PEACE.

Thanks, Timolís. Simple and great...

"Whenever you feel you want to bite into something, Torsten, just take the feta you just bought, chop it into smaller pieces, put into a bowl, put virgin olive oil on it, just about so that it covers the cheese and sprinkle it with oregano. Into the fridge. Have a bite when you feel like it. Simple and great taste. And we are fortunate to have our own feta from the island, which is of super quality."

O fílos mou, thanks. Eating it this way every day now.....

Paradise revisited...

The roof is repaired. The ceiling gives me vibes from Salinger´s "Raise high the roof beam, carpenter"! Back in the very green, with just bought breakfast in Stípsi, fairytale nature, the brand new board for yoga. Incredible focus within. Almost more tranquility than I can take. Yannis is simply an extended part of it all... 

I DO NOT FEEL I AM EVER ALONE HERE.

BREAKFAST TEMPTING.

IT SORT OF MOVES.

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL.

REWARD FOR HARD MORNING'S WORK.

EASY TO FALL ASLEEP HERE.

WE SHARED THE MOUNTAIN WATER.

SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

It is not summer yet, on Psiriára beach...

...but I like this time of the year, when I can have the beach to myself. Time has no limit here. My own foot prints everywhere. It is a "rustic" beach in a way. No fancy umbrellas. But it has magic.

SUMMER IS HERE WHEN LOCALS HAVE DECIDED SO.

PANORAMAS CAN BE SWEET SOMETIMES.

THE SEA IS ROUGH TO PSIRIARA IN WINTER TIME

ON THE VERGE OF THE BEACH.

ALL ELEMENTS MEETING.

Familiar sights, new perspectives...

All those faces of beloved Lesvos. Never getting tired of them.

CALLING THE SEA TO COME.

I CAN ALMOST TOUCH THE FAR AWAY.

...and then we go to buy spanakópoita in Stípsi...

The village of Stípsi is built on a mountain ridge. Charming and almost impossible to drive through, because of narrow streets. Centre for a lot of the olive oil production in the area. Yannis was born here. 

Now he is hungry. He has only had some honey and water in the morning. We go to a local bakery to buy warm, fresh spinach pies, for breakfast in Paradise. Waving to friends in nearby cafeníon. A peaceful morning...

HE WANTS TO BUY ME A DONUT AS WELL.

CLEANING UP FROM YESTERDAY.

MORNING COFFEE AND THOUGHTS.

FRIENDLY GESTURE.

Spring is all over me....

Colors just pouring like water everywhere. Birds, wind, sea, flowers. 

Like under my skin. Spirits outside and inside. Breathtaking island of Lesvos. 

AGHIOS IGNATIOS AND TWO CANDLES.

WANTED TO DIVE INTO IT.

MEETING WITH THE SEA.

TALK ABOUT GREEN.

POWER OF GROWTH.

OOOH, SUCH FRAGILITY.

WILL REMEMBER THIS IN AUGUST.